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Not-Self as Conducive to Extinguishment

Anattanibbānasappāyasutta

The way suitable for realizing extinguishment is to contemplate the process of sense experience as not-self.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

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0.3AnattanibbānasappāyasuttaNot-Self as Conducive to Extinguishment

1.1PTS 4.135“Nibbānasappāyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, paṭipadaṁ desessāmi.“Mendicants, I will teach you a practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.1.2Taṁ suṇātha …pe…Listen …

1.3katamā ca sā, bhikkhave, nibbānasappāyā paṭipadā?And what is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment?

1.4Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhuṁ anattāti passati, rūpā anattāti passati, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ anattāti passati, cakkhusamphasso anattāti passati, yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi anattāti passati …pe…It’s when a mendicant sees that the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are not-self. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also not-self.

1.5mano anattāti passati, dhammā anattāti passati, manoviññāṇaṁ anattāti passati, manosamphasso anattāti passati, yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi anattāti passati.They see that the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind, ideas, mind-consciousness, and mind contact are not-self. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also not-self.

1.6Ayaṁ kho sā, bhikkhave, nibbānasappāyā paṭipadā”ti.This is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.”

1.7Catutthaṁ.